Systems Integration Engineer

The Systems Integration Engineer will provide full lifecycle support activities from high-level requirements gathering, systems design input, and end-to-end system integration and deployment. He/she will develop and implement strategies to maintain and improve internal functionality, enhance performance with internal and external systems, protect critical data sets, and provide assessments of system and network vulnerabilities.

The ideal candidate will have a strong system administration background and communication skills and be versed in current automation technologies to reduce manual intervention. There will be minimal amounts of racking and cabling, manually configuring devices, deployment of developed software, vendor firmware, COTS, and FOSS installations and updates as required.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will support Linux and Windows-based components within a large, high-performance computing system. The Systems Integration Engineer will provide substantial diagnostics and troubleshooting which involves working with System Integrators to determine system behavior errors (may be software or hardware-related), including examining packet captures at a low level and analyzing event/audit logs to identify errors and determine root causes.

He/she will provide support for development and production systems, perform ad-hoc tasking which may include applying software builds, updating application versions, applying security patches, and changing configuration settings. He/she will also provide support for deployment activities, COTS software evaluation and installation, external site hardware and software installation, and resolving unplanned issues.

The Systems Integration Engineer will work with internal Team Leads as well as external organizations to determine acceptable outage windows that will minimize disruption to operational users and/or others who require system access (testers, integrators, etc.). He/she will develop and update data flow diagrams and documentation used in the deployment and management of the system. He/she will support the development of system configuration documentation, including detailed designs for risk assessments and analyses of alternatives for a variety of system-related issues and concerns.

External Referral Eligible

Basic Qualifications:

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below;

Bachelor's Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 8 years of experience. At least 5 years of experience troubleshooting IT systems and networks Strong verbal and written communications skills Linux system administration experience required Virtualization experience required via any industry standard hypervisor Experience deploying application software including application servers required Able to plan/prioritize tasking and be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing Must be an independent thinker, capable of performing high quality work, both independently and with a team, in a fast-moving environment and developing system analysis, risk analysis, and/or vulnerability assessments Must be able to occasionally work extended hours to support uptimes on production systems for mission critical national security level programs with high levels of visibility Must come up with creative solutions to issues that arise on the fly and ensure they are tracked and included in the Dev, Int, and Prod environments before systems deployment Must be comfortable working on multiple infrastructure networks simultaneously to support multiple systems in various stages of manufacturing and debugging

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration;

Systems-of-systems integration and development experience, using the most up to date and potentially beta software packages to better predict how future changes/updates/end-of-life/discontinuation by hardware and software vendors may affect systems operation as they each update or add features to their solutions on which our operations rely Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016 along with Server Core administration experience Wireshark Experience, with a focus on low level IP operations Microsoft MDT experience VMWare 6.7 experience Centos & Redhat 7.3 experience Experience with IP KVMs reaching into secured out-of-band networks Powershell and PowerCLI experience with some knowledge of Python or REST APIs Containerization packages such as Docker or Kubernetes SALT, Puppet, CHEF, or Ansible Experience Experience with iSCSI and Flash SANs Solarwinds usage and deployment experience Familiarity with complex network systems, to include firewalls, Load Balancers, NIDS, NAT, PAT, VPC and complex ACLs on multiple hardware architectures including Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst lines Knowledge of PKI systems which use HSMs to validate key and NTP for synchronization Recent hands on experience with ArcSight Security Analysis Past administration experience of OS's that support a Linux Oracle database instances a plus

Leidos is a Fortune 500 information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 31,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers.

VIEW JOBS11/19/2018 12:00:00 AM2019-02-17T00:00<strong>Kenjya-Trusant seeks a System Engineer to support an ongoing contract in Fort Meade, MD<br />
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Skill Level 2</strong>:<br />
The Level 2 System Engineer shall be able to perform the following:<br />
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(U) Provides technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment<br />
and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis<br />
(U) Implements comprehensive SOA solutions<br />
(U) Implements operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view for architectures using applicable DODAF standards<br />
(U) Develops scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system, the user, and the environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, and disposal needs (U) Reviews and/or approves system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete<br />
(U) Conducts quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability, Maintainability, Vulnerability, Survivability, Produceability, etc.)<br />
(U) Establishes and follows a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams, ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces<br />
(U) Captures all interface designs in a common interface control format, and stores interface data in a commonly accessible repository<br />
(U) Prepares time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions<br />
(U) Establishes a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, considers impacts prior to commitment to change, gains stakeholder buy-in, eliminates ambiguity, ensures traceability to source requirements, and tracks and settles open actions<br />
(U) Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan<br />
(U) Manages and ensures the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, continually updating it as<br />
various changes are imposed on the system during the life-cycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance<br />
(U) In conjunction with system stakeholders, plans the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements<br />
(U) Supports the planning and test analysis of the DOD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other<br />
Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)<br />
(U) Supports the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS)<br />
documents (i.e., Initial Capability Document, Capabilities Description Document, IA Strategy)<br />
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<strong>L</strong><strong>evel 2 Qualifications</strong>:<br />
(U) Fourteen (14) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity within the Federal Government is required. Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.<br />
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The Kenjya-Trusant Group, LLCAnnapolis JunctionMD

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